Wednesday, July 31, 2013

RAY CHARLES

For many years I have been interested in music, I play both
the Violin and Piano. One person I have been extremely fascinated by for many
years is Ray Charles. Ray Charles went blind at a very early age and still
continued to live out his passion. He did not let being blind keep him from
being the person he was meant to be. He learned how to play the piano and
become very talented at it. He was very passionate for soul music and helped
create what it is today. He lost his sibling and both of his parents in his
teen years. This man has had a rough life and still was able to come out very
successful.

This website outlines the life of Ray Charles. It discusses
his lows in life as well as his successes. This website also contains
miscellaneous facts about his life to give you a better understanding of who
Charles was in real life.

This website provides songs of Ray Charles where you can
listen for free to his music. It shows his top tracks and how popular they are
in today’s world.

http://www.theraycharlesfoundation.org

This website shares one of Charles’s passions other than
music. Ray believed that being blind was not a handicap, but not being able to
hear was. He became very passionate about helping the deaf. So he created a
foundation in which he helped raise money for cochlear implants and keep
educational facilities for the deaf alive.

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.” –William Faulkner